Is it the Obama plan of 2009, or the Petraeus plan of 2007?

Posted By Thomas E. Ricks Friday, March 13, 2009 - 4:56 PM Share

Is there any difference between the plan for U.S. troops levels in Iraq that President Obama unveiled recently and this plan that General Petraeus presented to Congress back in 2007? My guess, looking at the general's envisioned drawdown, is: A little, but not much. (Remember that the plan for a post-2010 "non-combat mission" calls for two combat brigades, re-named advisory units.) 

Flickr

EXPLORE:BUSH'S LEGACY, IRAQ, OBAMA ADMINISTRATION, U.S. FOREIGN POLICY
 
Facebook|Twitter|Reddit

GREGSANDERS

5:10 PM ET

March 13, 2009

The difference is the addition of dates

Which is the main source of controversy I think.

 

Thomas E. Ricks covered the U.S. military for the Washington Post from 2000 through 2008.

Read More